{"slug": "imperial-diet-holy-roman-empire", "label": "Imperial Diet (Holy Roman Empire)", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Diet_%28Holy_Roman_Empire%29", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q669970", "qid": "Q669970", "description": "general assembly of the Holy Roman Empire", "entries": 16, "years": 15, "span": [885, 1654], "span_label": ["885 CE", "1654 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 4}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 4}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 1}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "holy-roman-empire", "label": "Holy Roman Empire", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "worms-germany", "label": "Worms, Germany", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "augsburg", "label": "Augsburg", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "duchy-of-saxony", "label": "Duchy of Saxony", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "henry-the-lion", "label": "Henry the Lion", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "pavia", "label": "Pavia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "lotharingia", "label": "Lotharingia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "east-francia", "label": "East Francia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-england", "label": "Kingdom of England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "frederick-i-holy-roman-emperor", "label": "Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "erfurt", "label": "Erfurt", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "republic-of-venice", "label": "Republic of Venice", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 885, "year_label": "885 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "July 8", "text": "July 8 – Pope Adrian III dies after a 1½ reign near Modena (Lombardy), while en route to an Imperial Diet, summoned by Charles the Fat at Worms. He is succeeded by Stephen V, as the 110th pope of the Catholic Church.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366655145#Religion", "title": "885", "revid": 1366655145, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 895, "year_label": "895 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "May", "text": "May – Arnulf of Carinthia summons the Imperial Diet in his residence at Worms. Angered by the non-appearance of Charles the Simple, he again supports Odo's claim to the throne of the West Frankish Kingdom. In the same assembly, he crowns Zwentibold as king of Lotharingia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1346093921#Europe", "title": "895", "revid": 1346093921, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 919, "year_label": "919 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 24", "text": "May 24 – The nobles of Franconia and Saxony elect Henry the Fowler at the Imperial Diet in Fritzlar as ruler of the East Frankish Kingdom. He recognizes the stem duchies (uniting them in a German confederation) and all their sovereign privileges. Two of the four most influential duchies, Bavaria and Swabia, do not accept his rule. Henry fortifies Magdeburg against the Magyars.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341509579#Europe", "title": "919", "revid": 1341509579, "section": "Events › By Place › Europe"}}, {"year": 952, "year_label": "952 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Summer – At the Reichstag in Augsburg (assembled by King Otto I), joined by German nobles and bishops, Berengar of Ivrea pays homage. He becomes a vassal of the East Frankish Kingdom. Otto leaves a strong garrison at Pavia in the hands of his son-in-law Conrad the Red, duke of Lotharingia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341512696#Europe", "title": "952", "revid": 1341512696, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 961, "year_label": "961 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "May 26", "text": "May 26 – Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor elects his 6-year-old son Otto II as heir apparent and co-ruler at the Imperial Diet in Worms. He is crowned at Aachen, and placed under the tutelage of his grandmother Matilda and his half-brother William of Mainz. Otto's own brother Bruno I is charged with the provisional government of Lorraine again.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341512994#Europe", "title": "961", "revid": 1341512994, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 994, "year_label": "994 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "September", "text": "September – King Otto III, now 14 years old, receives the regalia to rule the Kingdom of Germany at an assembly of the Imperial Diet in Solingen. Otto appoints Heribert of Cologne as chancellor of Italy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350027284#Europe", "title": "994", "revid": 1350027284, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1037, "year_label": "1037 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February", "text": "February – At an Imperial Diet in Pavia (assembled by Conrad II), Aribert is accused of fomenting a revolt against the Holy Roman Empire, Conrad orders his arrest.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342215302#Europe", "title": "1037", "revid": 1342215302, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1135, "year_label": "1135 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "August 15", "text": "August 15 – Emperor Lothair III receives homage from Eric II, and makes him an imperial prince at the Reichstag. His diplomatic missions to Hungary and Poland result in a tribute payment. Duke Bolesław III Wrymouth is given Pomerania and Rügen as German fiefs.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369184463#Europe", "title": "1135", "revid": 1369184463, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1165, "year_label": "1165 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Spring – Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Komnenos makes an alliance with Venice against Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, who takes an oath at the Diet of Würzburg to support Antipope Paschal III against Pope Alexander III.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362483614#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "1165", "revid": 1362483614, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 1180, "year_label": "1180 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 13", "text": "January 13 – Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony and Bavaria, is stripped of his duchies and all his imperial fiefs at an Imperial Diet in Würzburg for violating the king's peace. On April 13, Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa issues the Gelnhausen Charter, formally dissolving Henry's former domains. A portion of Saxony is reorganized as the Duchy of Westphalia, while other territories are granted to his ally, Otto I the Redhead, Duke of Bavaria.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368649234#Europe", "title": "1180", "revid": 1368649234, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1181, "year_label": "1181 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Henry the Lion, duke of Saxony, submits to Emperor Frederick I (Barbarossa) at an Imperial Diet in Erfurt. He is banished to England and retains only Brunswick among his former lands.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360570363#Europe", "title": "1181", "revid": 1360570363, "section": "Events › Europe"}}, {"year": 1471, "year_label": "1471 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 27", "text": "May 27 – Two months after the death of King George of Poděbrady, the Diet of Bohemian nobles meets at Kutná Hora and elects Vladislaus Jagiello as the new King of Bohemia. The papal legate, Lorenzo Roverella, Bishop of Ferrara, declares the election void with the approval of Pope Paul II, and endorses Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary, to be the new King of Bohemia, which the Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire refuses to approve.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370196979#April–June", "title": "1471", "revid": 1370196979, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1507, "year_label": "1507 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "April 27", "text": "April 27 – In Germany, the Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire convenes at Konstanz and begins a series of reforms.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367240730#April–June", "title": "1507", "revid": 1367240730, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1530, "year_label": "1530 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "April 8", "text": "April 8 – At the invitation of the Holy Roman Emperor, the members of the Imperial Diet open their session at Augsburg in Germany to prepare the Augsburg Confession, an official imperial set of rules for Protestantism.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366794362#April–June", "title": "1530", "revid": 1366794362, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1530, "year_label": "1530 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "January 21", "text": "January 21 – Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, issues letters from his winter residence in Bologna, inviting members of the Imperial Diet to convene at Augsburg on April 8 to discuss various theological questions.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366794362#January–March", "title": "1530", "revid": 1366794362, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1654, "year_label": "1654 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "May 8", "text": "May 8 – Otto von Guericke demonstrates the power of atmospheric pressure and the effectiveness of his vacuum pump, using the Magdeburg hemispheres, before Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor, and the Imperial Diet in Regensburg.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365981814#April–June", "title": "1654", "revid": 1365981814, "section": "Events › April–June"}}]}